by Working Forest | Jul 29, 2015 | Archives
Kara McCurdy has 23 years of firefighting under her belt. And her lengthy experience is perhaps why she’s still smiling after some scary experiences during two weeks in Alberta’s wildfire region. The Department of Natural Resources fire prevention officer...
by Working Forest | Jul 28, 2015 | Archives
Tom Harbour of the U.S. Forest Service readily admits he doesn’t know all that much about climate change. But the folksy and plain-spoken Harbour knows plenty about fighting wildfires. And since he first joined the service in 1970, Harbour, the agency’s...
by Working Forest | Jul 28, 2015 | Archives
A shortage of skilled tradespeople could put a damper on the upswing in the forest sector, according to Unifor. The union says steady jobs, with pay up to $42 per hour at some northwestern Ontario mills, are hard to fill because there are few qualified candidates....
by Working Forest | Jul 28, 2015 | Archives
An offhand remark about the shortage of wood pellets has translated into a new enterprise for the Haley Street Adult Services Centre. “With all the press around the shortage of wood pellets, somebody said well why don’t we make wood pellets,”...
by Working Forest | Jul 27, 2015 | Archives
There was nary a frown – or parking space – in sight at the Algonquin Logging Museum on Saturday. The 20th annual Algonquin Loggers’ Day hosted by the Friends of Algonquin Park, Parks Ontario and Algonquin Forestry Authority packed the museum on July 25. More than...
by Working Forest | Jul 27, 2015 | Archives
Premier Brad Wall has put a price tag on fighting this season’s wildfires: $100 million — so far. Speaking after Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the Saskatchewan legislative building on Friday, Wall said the province will apply to the federal government for...
